“I want it to be an incidental
thing,” Rios said of her character's sexuality, “which is what
happens in our everyday life.”

“I wanted to make sure the whole
lesbian aspect wasn't this whole coming out story and the character
wasn't going to be made more flamboyant in any sort of way,” she
said.

“I'm gay, personally, so being
Mexican and a lesbian – this is why I love the character, because I
deal with the same type of things with my own family. … For my
family, my mom didn't want me to live a difficult life. She brought
me here for a better one. So she's like, 'Your coming out … I
don't want this to be this. I want you to be comfortable.'”